Witch's Brew

 
 
 
 

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dc.contributor.advisor Commito, Gianna en_US
dc.contributor.author Mazzer, Mary Elizabeth, Ms. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-07-10T16:18:02Z
dc.date.available 2008-07-10T16:18:02Z
dc.date.created 2008 en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-07-10T16:18:02Z
dc.identifier.uri http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1208626408 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/17861
dc.description Mazzer, Mary, M.F.A., May, 2008 Art Witch�'s Brew (33 pp.) Director of Thesis: Gianna Commito My MFA thesis exhibit consists of a series of assemblages that can be read as painting and sculpture simultaneously. The inspiration for the assemblages comes from my fascination with rituals of ornamentation. I view my assemblages as references to cultural fetish objects, which are derivative of folk and outsider art. My process of making work relates to a ritual of ornamentation; a meditative ceremony of labor which yields an art object that is infused with a symbolic narrative. The underlying narrative of my work is based on my personal history and my Mid-western perspective. I have attempted to reference the non-cosmopolitan aspects of my environment by my use of common, inexpensive, and found materials. Many of my pieces have a quality of vulnerability and playfulness, which creates a conflicted sense of fantasy and escapism. The title of my thesis project is Witch's Brew, which I respond to as an apt metaphor highlighting the interwoven themes of my work. Witches are representative of strong, feminine archetypes as well as outsiders. The title also references folklore and some fantastical elements. The idea of a witch�'s brew, a blend of disparate ingredients empowered through ritual or ceremony to become a fortified amalgam, has similarities to my processes and my juxtapositions of various materials, which combine to exist as autonomous art objects. en_US
dc.format application/pdf en_US
dc.format 33p. en_US
dc.rights unrestricted en_US
dc.rights Copyright and permissions information available at the source archive en_US
dc.subject painting en_US
dc.subject assemblage en_US
dc.title Witch's Brew en_US
dc.type Electronic Thesis or Dissertation en_US
dc.degree.name MFA en_US
dc.degree.level masters en_US
dc.degree.discipline the Arts / School of Art en_US
dc.degree.grantor Kent State University en_US
dc.contributor.publisher Kent State University / OhioLINK en_US

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